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Lunt asks what brands of Vodka I like. I'm not huge sampler of vodka, but here's some I've tasted:
Grey Goose. This is what I typically drink when out (WITH LIME!), but I don't buy it for home too much anymore. That's not because I don't like it, but it's because I prefer to get a different brand of vodka each time I buy a bottle.
Tito's. You've got the best all around vodka here: it's made in Austin, so it's cheap (like $14-16), and it's extremely smooth. I'd give Tito's a big recommendation.
Stoli. I don't really like it, but I'll drink it. It just tastes cheap, despite being so high-fa-lutin. The flavored ones are all right, e.g., vanilla Stoli and soda. Anything candy-flavored (Malabu) with soda and crushed ice is a-OK with me.
Gilby's 100 proof. My dad swears by this one: it's cheap and it's potent. He mixes it with stuff (juice or cola), so it might require some cutting. I've had it on occasion, and it's fine for a cheap vodka, esp. with one of Dad's Mixers.
Ketel One. I get this when I'm out at times. Tastes just fine. Still, I'd prefer Grey Goose or Hangar 1.
Absolut. Nope, I don't really like this one either. It feels too much like plastic bottle booze: it's got that crackly taste to it, like your drinking cool, liquid metal.
Vodka Monopolowa, from Vienna, Austria. This is the only potato vodka I remember trying. It's pretty smooth, but it has a slightly funny taste. Probably the potatoes. I'd recommend it just to make sure you try a potato vodka and 'cause it has a wicked cool USSR-1930's-style label.
Hangar 1. So far, this is the best Vodka I've ever had. It tastes totally unique, kind of herby-fruity-natural, and has an almost spring water feel to it. I've been having a little drink of it most every night since I bought a bottle last week. Despite my initial fears that'd it be way expensive, it wasn't more than I'm used to paying for fancy-pants booze: about $35. Hell, that's nuthin': there's bourbons and Scotches that'll blow your wallet-brain if you're worried about spending that little on the fire-water.
Like I said in a past post, I tend to drink my booze straight, or "neat." So, with a few exceptions, I don't know how these taste mixed. However, when I have had bad vodka in mixed drinks, it always seems to taste kind of nasty, compared to better vodkas.
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